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Eulalio Tordil ordered held without bond

A federal security officer suspected in three fatal shootings outside a high school, a mall and a supermarket has been ordered held without bond. Eulalio Tordil, 62, an employee of the Federal Protective Service, appeared in court by video Monday afternoon in Rockville. He faces charges including first-degree murder.

A federal security officer suspected in three fatal shootings outside a high school, a mall and a supermarket has been ordered held without bond. Eulalio Tordil, 62, an employee of the Federal Protective Service, appeared in court by video Monday afternoon in Rockville. He faces charges including first-degree murder.

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Updated: 6:15 PM EDT May 9, 2016

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WEBVTT EN HE WAS SUPPOSED TO. INCLUDING THE ONE USED IN THIS CASE. APPEARING VIA VIDEOLINK INTO A MONTGOMERY COUNTY DISTRICT COURTROOM, MULTI-MURDER SUSPECT EULAILO TORDIL WAS ORDERED HELD WITHOUT BOND FOR HIS ALLEGED RANDOM SHOOTING SPREE FRIDAY THAT LEFT 4 SHOT AND 2 DEAD AT 2 SHOPPING CENTERS. MONTGOMERY COUNTY STATES ATTORNEY JOHN MCCARTHY REVEALED SOME INSIGHT. >> I'M TOLD THAT HIS CONDITION HAS IMPROVED. AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE IS IN SURGERY TODAY. GEORGE: HE IS 62 AND CHARGED WITH KILLING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE. " TODAY, HE REVEALED THAT IN LAS VEGAS, BACK IN 2014, HE LEGALLY PURCHASED A 40, THE CLOCK HE IS. HIS WIFE OUT A PROTECTIVE ORDER AGAINST HIM IN MARCH. >> WE TRY TO REMOVE THOSE WEAPONS FROM THE PEOPLE UNDER THE PROTECTIVE ORDERS; THAT DID NOT OCCUR HERE. GEORGE: MARYLAND PROTECTIVE ORDERS REQUIRE ALL FIREARMS BE SEIZED. IN THE ORDER, TORDIL'S WIFE HAD A VAGUE LIST OF HER HUSBAND'S FIREARMS, REVOLVERS, CALIBER 40, M4, CALIBER 45 ETC. TODAY'S BOND HEARING ALSO REVEALED TORDIL WAS HANGING OUT NEAR THE SILVER SPRING GIANT WHERE HE ALLEGEDLY KILLED HIS LAST VICTIM. HE STUCK AROUND BECAUSE OF WHAT AUTHORITIES SAY HAPPENED DURING A STRUGGLE WITH THAT VICTIM. HE LOST HIS GLASSES. >> I THINK THAT HE DID NOT FEEL THAT BECAUSE HE GLASSES HAS BEEN LOST IN THE STRUGGLE, HE DIDN'T FEEL THAT HE COULD ADEQUATELY SEE TO DRIVE. GEORGE: THAT SHOPPING CENTER IS WHERE OFFICERS SPOTTED HIS RENTAL CAR AND EVENTUALLY CAPTURED HIM AFTER WATCHING HIM FOR AN HOUR. AUTHORITIES SAY TORDIL'S MOTIVE IN THE SHOPPING CENTER SHOOTINGS WAS CARJACKING, BUT HE ENDED UP STAYING IN THE CAR HE HAD RENTED OUT BEFORE HIS WIFE'S SHOOTING ON THURSDAY. BACK TO THE SURRENDERING OF GUNS, UNDER PROTECTIVE ORDER, THE STATE ATTORNEY SAYS PART OF MARYLAND'S LAW RELIES ON THE GUN OWNER ON THE TRUTH ABOUT HOW MANY GUNS THEY HAD TO SURRENDER.

Eulalio Tordil ordered held without bond

A federal security officer suspected in three fatal shootings outside a high school, a mall and a supermarket has been ordered held without bond. Eulalio Tordil, 62, an employee of the Federal Protective Service, appeared in court by video Monday afternoon in Rockville. He faces charges including first-degree murder.